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Double-flowered stock. Matthiola incana is widely used as an ornamental plant for summer bedding, and as a cut flower and aromatic plant. The species has been in cultivation since at least the 16th century. The flowers can be simple or double, medium or large. [5]
Its botanical name is Matthiola incana, also known as stock. [3] The same name also describes other plants, such as the wallflower , which have fragrant flowers. The name derives from the French giroflée from Greek karyophyllon = " nut -leaf" = the spice called clove , the association deriving from the flower's scent.
The common name stock may be applied to the whole genus, more specifically to varieties and cultivars of Matthiola incana. The common names evening stock and night-scented stock are applied to varieties of Matthiola longipetala (syn. M. bicornis ). [ 6 ]
It has four-petaled purple to white flowers, which are approximately 1 to 2 cm wide. The plant is low-growing and highly branched in form, normally growing to about 45 cm in length. The plant is low-growing and highly branched in form, normally growing to about 45 cm in length.
Malcolmia maritima, also known by its common name Virginia stock, is a popular annual garden plant from the family Brassicaceae.A beautiful and profusely flowering annual, it is probably one of the easiest of all plants to grow.
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In some species the flowers develop directly from the main stem or woody trunk, rather than from the plant's main shoot. This is called cauliflory and is found across a number of plant families. [4] An extreme version of this is flagelliflory where long, whip-like branches grow from the main trunk to the ground and even below it. Inflorescences ...